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Ohhh yeah the Harry Potter books, forgot to add those. I've been in love with those books since the fourth grade and I eagerly anticipate the sixth one coming out this summer/late spring.

I need to get myself one of those sidekicks so I can go online during school hours. But then again, any more computer time might just be unhealthy for me.

Yeah I heard that Goodbye Love would be partial dialogue now....but then again it's not the biggest jump. I think it'd still work just fine, being dialogue. For the movie, I think it actually would work better, plus they can make the Mark/Roger fight more intense and angry. I know, cruel to want them to fight but it's a great scene. :-P And does anyone know what's going on with Seasons of Love? Is it going to be V.O. with a montage of shots, sung, spoken....?

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i'm picky about my books:
I love lemony snicket books!!
Tale of two cities, my absolute favorite!
Judy Blume books, when i was younger....
les miserables was good
Of mice and men was really good!
Frankenstein, Jekyll and Hyde, so many others.....
now i focus on adapting books into plays and musicals, i'm attempting to adapt the most interesting and appealing to me and others, sometimes i spend hours in a bookstore searching for the right book....
hey you guys, we should give anthony an autographed pic of ourselves, since he always signs stuff for us, that would be funny...well at least i think it would be...and...oh never mind i'll shut up now...
ric
PS to Anthony
1)What is your book about??
2) I'm always nervous before i perform, mostly axiety...hours even a day prior to the show, i'm so nervous..pacing...vomitting (well not really...lol)...but i feel so nervous...do you ever feel nervous priot to a show?? If so...how do you deal with it??
3) Singing!! Do you ever have trouble hitting notes?? Does the music ever have to be brought down a few octaves (idk if i spelled that right) so you can sing it properly?? this always happens with me, the music has to be lowered. Also, i totally screwed my voice up in "les miserable" I had crazy belting i couldn't maintain, because i was fairly new to singing then...and my voice was in throbbing pain after every rehearsal...but now i've gotten better and i don't think i can belt like i could...any advice on how i can maintain my voice for the show i'm required to do?? I.E. hitting high notes, etc...
thanks so much
ric

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Les Miserables was an amazing book. I read it for a 9th grade book review and fell in love with it. As was Of Mice and Men, read that last year also. It was one of those books that I couldn't put down, I spent 4 hours reading it without stopping after school one night.

A question in some kind of relation to Broadwaybelter's about singing.....how do you manage 8 shows a week without losing your voice? For something like RENT in which you sang in almost every song, every night for over a year it's hard to believe that you can even speak today. How did you manage?

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aww dont worry Racetrack! Good luck!

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Anthony!! I've been a fan of yours through YAGMCB, Rent, A Beautiful Mind, Dazed and Confused..etc..
Are you considering returning to Broadway? What would you like to do?
And when is your book coming out? I'm dying to read it!!

Your Fan, Kellie <3

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Congratulations on finishing the college stuff Race! You may not be able to physically hear it, but I am blowing the eardrums of your mind out with shouts of joy and congratulations. Have a relaxing evening. And have a great night everyone!

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I confess I only read half of it! *hides*
Sorry, but most of it is us thanking Anthony for his posts, answering his questions, and discussing them.

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i pretty much just search to see if Anthony wrote back...

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Perhaps the slightest bit off-topic, but Anthony, I just really, really wanted to thank you for writing "Visits to You." I lost someone very close to me this last year after a long period of sickness, and...well, it just speaks to me very deeply. I was listening to it today, and I just thought I should thank you, since I have the opportunity. And thank you for being so receptive and open to your fans, giving us this great opportunity.




(I'm not usually this maudlin, btw. I'm usually quite perky)

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Hey, I appreciate you answering my question Anthony. Thanks. If you do ever get the chance to make it out to the Palm Springs area for a show, that'd be really great. Let me know, okay.

As usual, I've got more. I was wondering, are you're a Styx fan? If so, do you have a fav song?

Again, thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule to answer our questions. I hope your trip home was good.

Btw, I had one slightly personal question. Do you have any pics of you and Rodney, and would you be willing to share them with us? That'd be so great. Thanks again.

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Oh you like the Giver BEKA? I just read that book (actually had a day with no tutors or acting class this weekend) and I absolutely loved it. I won't go into a ramble and go completely off topic (see I'm getting better and controlling myself :-P) but will leave it at the fact that it was a very iteresting read. And the RENT bible, worth every penny plus more!

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*strains, tries to control need to ramble* :-P

But anyways, there IS a point to this post I swear. I recently read an article about a spoof you did of La Vie Boheme Anthony, and I was just wondering if you could provide some detail of that? The snippet I read was pretty vague but it sounded pretty interesting/funny.

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